68 SANJKHAYANA ARANYAEA.

Asura, nor Yaksa. IE his house there Is no lying-in woman,1
who bears a comforting amulet of Bilva. (25. 5;)

Him neither tiger, nor wolf, nor panther, nor beast of prey
whatsoever hurts. No angry elephant meets- he to scare him,
who bears a comforting amulet of Bilva. *f (26.)

No serpent, nor viper, nor scorpion, nor striped one,2 nor black
one injures him, who bears a comforting amulet of Bilva. (27.)

He sins not so that Varuna harms him; no crocodile, nor
shark, nor porpoise injures him; on all sides it makes peace for
him, who bears a comforting amulet of Bilva. (28.)

They say his foe is likely to perish, like a flower fallen3 from
its stalk. Like the flood pieces of wood, he shall overcome his
foes, who bears a comforting amulet of Bilva. (29.)

This amulet, the reverter,4 of the Jamba,5 is tied on for the
sake of life. By it Indra slew Vrtra, and by the help of the
wise Rsi. (30. 6.)

Overcome, Indra, our foes, overcome our enemies, overcome
the warriors; like an elephant (?) with its fore-feet, outmatch
the warriors. (31.)

Here has come the amulet of Bilva,, the strong subduer of
foes. The Rsis, all heroic, behold it that they may overcome
their foes in the battle. (32.)

Ambrosia is the thread in this amulet. May the Asvins
fasten (the thread). Thou art of the Bilva, of a thousand
powers. May I that bear thee never be injured. (33.)

Snatched out6 of ghee, rich in honey and milk, winning

1 For the tabu of such women, cf. Frazer, Anthropological Essays>
pp. 151 seq. ; Taittirlya Samhita, ii, 5, 1, 5.

2 Tirascinarajt should, I think, be read, cf. tirasciraji in Atharva Veda,
iii, 27, 2 ; Bloomfield, S.B.K, xiii, 488 ; Weber, Ind. Stud., xvii, 297 ;
tirascmaraji in Maitrayanl Samhita, ii, 13, 21. It would be tempting to
render tirasci na raja as ' nor beast nor king' (for the king's exactions,
cf. Hopkins, J.A.O.S., xiii, 89 seq.), but the form tirasci would be difficult,
and the joke beyond the writer. For &r$na> cf. Atharva Veda, xi, 2, 2 ;
vii, 56, 2 ; Maitrayanl Samhita, iii, 14, 17."

3 An early instance of saha with a verb of separation ; Whitney,
Sanskrit Grammar, p. 95. For sapa, cf. Geldner, Ved. Stud.., iii, 184.

* Cf. Atharva Veda, iv, 40; punahsara, iv, 17, 2; Weber, Ind. Stud.,
xiii, 164; xviii, 74, 75, 182 ; Ludwig, Rgvetfa, iii, 345; Zimmer, Altind.
Leben, p. 263; Bloomfield, J.A.O.8., xiii, p. cxxxiii; &.B.K, xlii, 394, 576.

5 Presumably a plant, cf. Bohtlingk's Diet., s.v. jambala.

6 v. 34 « v. 7 ; v. 35 = 7. 8.